Including 7 closely related terms such as energy performance, energy use, and energy saving.
… energy performance in the Borough, the graph below shows the percentages of EPC certificates for domestic properties in West Devon5 West Devon has a large number of difficult to treat housing with a larger proportion of properties having EPC ratings of D and below. Research by the Energy Saving Trust6 suggests that with the current (at the time) grid electricity emissions factor, heat pumps…
… as through engagement and collaborative working. Unlike Transport and Industry, the Council does have a level of influence relating to domestic energy use through grant funding that is occasionally made available to tackle poor performing homes. Despite domestic emissions showing a downward trend, it continues to decline slowly. Data was obtained from the Department for Business, Energy…
… and Industrial Strategy to ascertain the spatial distribution of energy use in the Borough. The data is captured at lower super output area (LSOA) which are automatically generated to be as consistent in population size as possible, the data was published on 28th February 20203. There are some caveats regarding how this data is captured, primarily that electricity and gas meters that have not successfully…
… east of the Borough and to the west. The map below shows 2018 mean electricity usage by LSOA and each band of energy use is equally distributed. The gas usage on the other hand appears to be low aside from areas around the outside of Tavistock, Okehampton and to the east. The uncoloured areas had no data recorded for it, this could be explained by the accompanying dataset note which…
… are most suitable for well-insulated properties off the gas grid or in new developments with high performance building fabric. However, many of the poor performing domestic properties in the Borough likely also have issues with the building fabric. As such, innovative solutions to tackle the scale of the 5 MHCLG, 2019. Energy Performance…